I've been fighting to let you go.

Finally a member of LomotionSG. I swear I can't wait to snap some awesome pictures of friends and rugby. My Holga120GCFN camera is coming in about a week's time!! I CAN'T WAIT!! (somehow, I can hear lisa saying it's a waste of money)

Speaking of waste of money, I think I just did. But then again, it's not my first time anyway. I know I know, that money is hard to earn (i've experienced it before:), and that we should really be frugal and thrifty. But after much moments with self, which somewhat made me create a bunch of nonsensical logic by yours truly, I realised that by being thrifty, it really limits the amount of happiness that one can find. Okay la, it doesn't really mean that you're materialistic. It's like the thrill comes not because I'm spending money on a box of plastic, but more of the process of snapping photos, and waiting to see the results of those snaps and clicks.

SO, I said I wasted money because after further detailed research, I realised that the built-in flash light spoils easily.. Which means that if the flash dies on me, I either have to stop snapping photos in the dark and forsake the night scenery or get a new camera Holga120GN, which I think will most probably be coming soon. The difference between the one I ordered - Holga120GCFN is that 120GCFN means that there's flash, no port of external flash, made of glass lens and has all the basic functions of a Holga. 120GN means there's no flash, but there is a port for external flash! Which indirectly means that if I purchase 120GN when 120GCFN fails, I have to get the Multi Colour flash. In total, if 120GCFN's flash fails me, I'll have to spend another 90 bucks- for the flash and the camera. (I totally can hear lisa saying "WALAOEH WASTE MONEY LOR!!)

Perhaps I should start saving more money now.

And all these expenditures does not include FILMS, a very important part of this adventure with this film camera. Considering the fact that I'll have to purchase both 120mm and 35mm films and they branch out to 2 different categories - slide and negative, I think I'll be getting all - so as to find the one I can work best with.

AND THERE ARE LIKE OTHER TYPE OF CUTE CAMERAS LIKE THAT SERIES OF CAMERAS THAT ARE ABLE TO TAKE 4/3/2IDENTICAL/DIFFERENT PICTURES ONTO A SINGLE FRAME! AND ANOTHER FISH EYE CAMERA WHICH TAKES CUTE PICTURES AS WELL AND THIS OTHER POP CAMERA THAT TAKES PICTURE LIKE WARHOL'S ARTWORK. (AND I'M A FAN OF WARHOL.......)

:( IM IN NEED OF BUCKEROOS MAN.

You make me fall in love with everything once again.

I love Polaroid cameras. :) My dad refuses to get me one. But pictures taken with polaroid cams make me fall in love, with photgraphy. POLAROID IS AWESOME THOUGH ITS EX.

Okay, I think it's art side of me talking now. :( So near yet so far.

Hi, I'm arting today. I wished I did something like what HAMJINPENG did for art. More fun right..

-pics taken from deviantart

I come from China

I decided to be all cool and trendy like how most people are and blog about my day yesterday.

I went to school early in the morning at 745am, just to realised that I cannot open the art room door. SO I WENT TO CATCH SOME LONG AWAITED SELF ASSURING BEAUTY sleep, all the way till like 830?! It was pure heaven, I tell you. (((: I staggered all the way to the art room, reluctantly because I really wanted to stay in heaven for a while longer, JUST TO REALISE TO THAT DOOR WASN'T LOCKED AT ALL. Ain was already inside drawing and the teachers have not arrived. I felt freaking dumb, like dumb x 10^E99. (Replace 'dumb' with X and key it exactly the way you see it in your GC) IM KIDDING C'MON .

And again, I decided to be all cool and trendy, as that is a pre-requisite for all art students and yes, to YOUR dismay, yours truly fitted that criteria. HOHONESS. Oh yes, as I was saying, I decided to be all cool and trendy and started to do some painting-like-van-gogh-style on my chinese new year lantern with the lamp as a back drop, it didn't really quite succeed, as Ms kwa said that it wasn't expressive enough. True. wait till I do pollock style with Melvin and I'll own all of you all, seriously. (:

YEAH, SO AFTER SOME VAN GOGH AND RACHEL WHITEREAD AND LUNCHING AND COMPLAINING AND KIDDING AND BORROWING OF TRIPOD STAND TO KICK ASS, I set off to my destination, Little India, my first stop.

(Miss Yeo said that I looked as if i was going to war, with my backpack and tripod stand in hand, you guys can go imagine how I looked like.)

I went to change first thing at Kovan. Then I took 209 steps to the control station, scanned my card and continued for about 47 steps to the platform and waited for about 6 mins for the train and after about 15 minutes, I reached Farrer park (:

And so, I roamed around, took about 10 photos and it started pouring like mad. I was literally protecting the camera with my dear life, because I think I will die if I spoilt the camera. Really die those kind. So, to be exact, I wasted half an hour of my life under a shelter with unknown people, staring at me and my camera, which really got my blood boiling. And when I asked this guy where can I buy and umbrella or loan one, He replied in a very broken english, after talking and laughing with his friend, IN MY FACE, "you give hug, i tell" and had the balls to continue laughing after that. LIUGUIGSTFADEOIYQYOT. I rolled my eyes at him, dashed into the rain and ran for abit all the way to mustafa centre. I was really tempted to show him my middle finger, REALLY TEMPTED.

So I explored the main streets and back alleys, though a little scared at first because all unearthly things happen there to all weird people, and I am weird, to begin with. GAHGAHGAH. But eventually, it was still fun, for the alleys were pretty empty and dirtyyyyyy. I set up the tripod stand and attempted to take figurative photos which turn out pretty dorky cos I WAS IN IT. HAHAHA.That's me and my cool and trendy with an extra chica friend holding hands together. (:

So I pretty much roamed around for about an hour and half more, and realised that I was lost. So a man approached me, and asked if I was lost, although it should be the other way. HAHA. So he told me the way back to Mustafa centre, and while taking photos along the way, the totally absurd guy stood behind me, staring at the photos I was taking. Then he asked me weird questions like, "What brand is your camera?" I told him, I'm not very sure, but it's Fuji. Then I proceed to pick up a phone call, with him still around me. *roll eyes. Then the next question was "What model is your handphone?" So I told him, in an obivously pissed tone. Then he asked the last and final question, "What's your handphone number?" I GOT SO DAMN PISSED. I replied in a will-you-get-lost-you-are-fucking-irritating tone, "What for? don't you already have one?!" and plugged in my ipod before rolling my eyes at him, who was apparently laughing and smiling. IRRITATING. I don't understand la, it's not as if I'm wearing revealing clothes, I friggin wore jumper and a teeshirt. The only thing I revealed was my flabby arms and calves. THATS ALL.

Like, ewww?

OK, interesting people we get to see on a weird day.

And there's another one that came up to me, saying that I cannot take pictures of the phone booth, because he owns it.

I rolled my eyes alot of times yesterday, it may just roll off if I didn't end my day deliberately.

Anyway, to make myself feel better, I told myself, "I'm not in Singapore" Around 530, I reached

Chinatown, and trotted all over Ann Siang Hill and street and Pagoda street, till about 7, where I finally settled down at Food street for my first dish of the entire tour - ICE KACHANG. It was simply owning, considering the fact that it got rather humid later on. HAHA :D

LQ was supposed to come. But I think by the time I got back to him, it was about an hour later, he went home first. Travelling from the east to India and China was no joke, so I told him not to come in the end. HEH.

Thinking about it, it was really really fun to explore your own country alone. (minusing the meeting of faggots), an take pretty cool photos.

I think I want to include this in my future. (:

Before that, I need to psycho my parents for a good camera, like Canon Powershot A590 or SX100.

Although a DSLR camera would be superb, but the price of it tells me it's a big nono. :(